Gardening with Laurie: Putting the garden to bed
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist It’s official: October is here, the leaves are turning, the geese are honking in the sky and plants are dying back. Time to put the garden to bed for...
Category: Garden Corner
Gardening with Laurie: Plants for winter birds
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist While most plants should be cut back in autumn, there are some seed heads that can be left standing. They will not only add structure to the winter garden,...
Gardening with Laurie: Fall Garden Savings
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist The garden is a great way to save money on vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers. It’s even better when you can save money on the garden, too. Autumn is...
Gardening with Laurie: Contrast in the garden
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist Contrast is useful in any garden design. Contrast draws the eye. It’s dynamic. It grabs the attention, and brings certain areas into focus. It can be created using many...
Gardening with Laurie: Lawn care in summer
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist This is the time of year when the lawn gets a work out — kids and dogs playing on it, having the grill out and people standing around, and...
Gardening with Laurie: Color for later in summer
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist The spikes of iris, billows of lupins, and even the glorious blooms of the peonies are done for the year — peonies done by the Fourth of July! —...
Gardening with Laurie:
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist Right now you’re probably seeing abundant flowers, but one brilliant orange tends to stick out from the billows of pinks, whites, and purples. Papaver orientale, the Oriental poppy (not...
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By Laurie Brown Reader Garden Columnist Spring blooming bulbs can provide a glorious show, many blooming before many other plants leaf out. Sadly, many of us find them an exercise in frustration, as some...
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By Laurie Brown Reader Garden Columnist Autumn is officially here, which means some plants will start putting on a colorful show. The colors we see in the leaves now are actually there all year;...
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By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist The days are noticeably shorter, the geese are flying south and there is a different feel to the air. It’s still officially summer, but autumn is coming on fast....
